diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
index 6821efd38d..0e92182f6d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
@@ -382,6 +382,8 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "bc python3 flex bison ${TCLIBC}-utils"
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "openssl-dev util-linux"
 # and x86 needs a bit more for 4.15+
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('ARCH', 'x86', 'elfutils-dev', '', d)}"
+# powerpc needs elfutils on 6.3+
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('ARCH', 'powerpc', 'elfutils-dev', '', d)}"
 # 5.8+ needs gcc-plugins libmpc-dev
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "gcc-plugins libmpc-dev"
 # 5.13+ needs awk for arm64
diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
index 4f3d4a5c3c..52cd6f5f28 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-yocto-dev.bb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ PV = "${LINUX_VERSION}+git${SRCPV}"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=6bc538ed5bd9a7fc9398086aedcd7e46"
 
 DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains('ARCH', 'x86', 'elfutils-native', '', d)}"
+DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains('ARCH', 'powerpc', 'elfutils-native', '', d)}"
 DEPENDS += "openssl-native util-linux-native"
 DEPENDS += "gmp-native libmpc-native"